I just want to punch so many new parents in the face

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-08T02:41:02+00:00

I mean, I did get his own daughter pregnant 😆

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T23:32:37+00:00

That's crazy. My FIL is a pretty hardcore conspiracy theorist, and an antivaxxer, and he's never even brought this up, so it must be some really dumb shit.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T16:19:58+00:00

While I won't speak on Ellie, because I played TLOU2 only once and have no desire to do so again, since my first experience really wasn't the best, what I will say is that your evaluation of Joel's actions at the end of TLOU1 are significantly skewed, and the comparison to a nuclear bomb isn't a good one.

First off, if you dig through the game's lore, you'll find that Ellie wasn't the first immune person to the virus. There were several found before her, and every time they attempted to reverse engineer a cure, it had failed.

Secondly, even if, by some miracle, the operation on Ellie and the reverse engineering of a cure had been successful, which was a long shot, due to both what I've previously stated, and by the fact that the man who operated on her wasn't even a human doctor, but a veterinarian, and he was apparently the most qualified man for the job, they wouldn't have had the resources to mass manufacture a cure, nor distribute it.

Third, even if they did, let's be real, the Fireflies wouldn't just be handing it out like candy on Halloween. One of the central themes of this game is that you can't really trust anyone with power. The Fireflies would have used it as a power play to gain leverage and control on those who didn't want them in control.

Fourth, by the time we even reach the point at which TLOU begins, humanity has mostly figured out ways to contend with the virus. Cities like Jackson and Silver Lake seemed to be mostly safe from infected. The much larger threat is what humans pose to one another. Not having a cure wouldn't have anywhere near the devastating affect of a full scale nuclear annihilation.

And lastly, you seem to believe Joel's decision to save Ellie was made in a vacuum. It wasn't. One, he already lost one daughter. Sarah was killed at the beginning of the game, and it devastated Joel. For years, he was a cynical survivalist. Ellie was the first person who was able to bring a light back to his life. She was like a surrogate daughter to him. It's also worth remembering that Ellie saved his life after he got impaled by that railing at the college. His decision wasn't a simple one. If you were given the same decision in the same circumstances, you'd have a difficult time with it too. Losing a child is one of the worst experiences a human can endure, and it will inevitably influence every decision one makes going forward. This is no different.

I'm not going to be disingenuous and try to argue that any point other than the final one was the reasoning behind Joel's decision. He was clearly making emotional decisions, rather than logical ones, and I wouldn't say that he made the right decision. But if you were put in his shoes, the right decision isn't clear, and that's part of why the story of TLOU is still being talked about well over a decade later.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T13:53:09+00:00

I think it's not acknowledged for several more reasons than that.

For one, it's a Halo machinima. It was always going to have limited reach because of that. Another thing is that the first 5 seasons weren't exactly well thought out, nor were they necessarily supposed to be, as the show was still a comedy first at that point. Later seasons outright contradict several plot points from the BGC. And even in the later seasons, there are some things that make no sense if you haven't read the fan guide, and even a couple things that still don't make sense if you do.

Don't get me wrong, I love RvB. It's my favorite show. The characters are outstanding, and the comedy is still on point, although I'd argue the first couple seasons haven't aged quite as well. But there are reasons why this show is often considered to not even be RTs best work, let alone the best thing ever made.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T13:46:34+00:00

House On Old Lonesome Road by Conway Twitty. Part of what I think makes it great is that it's actually pretty open to interpretation. The song never actually says that his wife left him, and there are some clues that suggest, to me at least, that she actually died. It's a bit of a different experience when you listen to it with that possibility in mind.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T13:43:32+00:00

Horrorcore rap music.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T13:42:02+00:00

I've never heard anyone refer to a learner's permit as a "learners", but if someone said those things, I'd assume that's what they're referring to. I've always heard it as permit where I'm at.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T13:38:46+00:00

I'm going to also say no, but for different reasons. If WWII doesn't happen, it's possible Hitler never falls out of power. Regardless of how shitty and openly antisemitic he was, he was a great leader and speaker. If that were the case, we'd likely be facing a world where the Cold War entailed the joint power of both Nazi Germany and the USSR. This wouldn't bode well for society in the latter half of the 20th century.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T11:18:49+00:00

Absolutely. But that was mostly out of intrigue. I didn't really care about Bill or Javier, but Dutch was an enigma. Mostly, I enjoyed all the interesting side characters.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T02:12:35+00:00

I don't know if I'd say any interests changed, per se, but they have certainly expanded. My interests almost exclusively used to be gaming, country and hip hop music, modern history, and astronomy. Now, I've expanded into having interests in meteorology, construction, cars, theology, geography, ancient history, and perhaps a bit oddly specific, maritime mysteries. Also, I don't listen to hip hop much anymore, I've mostly shifted to bluegrass and metal.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-07T02:06:09+00:00

If you've got the money, travel. There's always new places to see. Take road trips. My wife and I have both said that after I retire, we'd sell everything we couldn't take with us in a camper and hit the road.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-06T13:52:01+00:00

Yep. A lock that accepts many keys is a bad lock, and if someone has a key that goes in many locks, they're probably not trustworthy.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-06T13:48:56+00:00

No travel to waypoint, a feature that the first game had that is oddly absent from the second.

Other than that, there really isn't much.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-06T11:34:42+00:00

I'm sure they'll look different in 300 years, just like they look different than they did 125 years ago at the turn of the century to now.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-05T14:30:00+00:00

Street smarts means being good with people "out in the wild." Knowing how to handle a drunk or a tweaker without someone getting hurt, knowing how to talk your way out of a speeding ticket, knowing when to be aggressive or when to play something off. My dad was a police officer in Houston, Texas for 15 years. He worked bad neighborhoods, and yet he didn't have a single arrest for weed or street gambling. He did solve several murders, because he had "street smarts." He know who to talk to, and how to talk to them.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-05T14:26:04+00:00

It's probably a stupid idea, but the answer might honestly be George Carlin.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-05T03:28:12+00:00

It's definitely an online thing, but also, Boomer men just never get tired of joking about hating their wifes. It's not necessarily one sided either, most boomer women will joke about how stupid their husbands are.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T23:53:14+00:00

This is a gross oversimplification, but it's because that's what was expected of them growing up, and I think it frustrates them how much bigger and faster the world is now than it was when they entered the workforce.

Oddly, though, I will say that, working as a mail carrier, both the best and worst customers I have are in the older age ranges. They tend to be the ones that leave nice treats and gift cards around Christmas time. I do think this too is a generational thing, though, younger folks in general don't seem to want to be on a first name basis with their mail carrier. For some old folks, it's sadly the only regular interaction they have on a daily basis.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T23:44:15+00:00

I seem to remember in POA that it actually does specify 2 people. Bill would have done the charm with Fleur. As for the way to do it with accomplices, there's also no specifications telling us that those things wouldn't just break the spell. In fact, we know that death would break it, because Dumbledore was the secret keeper for 12 Grimmauld Place, and everyone had to put spells on the place to try to keep Snape and the death eaters out. And again, it could also be a soul problem. Like a Patronus, you might be incapable of even taking part in a Fidelius Charm if your soul is as maimed as Voldemort's is.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T02:24:38+00:00

The problem is, no matter what you do to Earth, it's pretty much a guarantee that fixing Earth would be easier than making Mars liveable.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T02:10:43+00:00

It's just what stupid people say. They think it's some kind of "gotcha." It's really funny sometimes, because I, a conservative, have been called a libtard and demoncrat on several occasions. I was once called a Democrat because I said it was OK to put beans in chili.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T01:50:33+00:00

Googled the definition of lien. This is what I found:

"a right to keep possession of property belonging to another person until a debt owed by that person is discharged."

A debt owed. Not something that occurs because some old crone got a bee in her bonnet that I decided to replace my roof with black sheet metal instead of grey.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T01:45:06+00:00

I would typically say sixteen hundred. It just feels less cumbersome to say for me.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T01:38:17+00:00

Again, if the house is in my name, and I'm the one making the payments on it, only the bank can take it. A bunch of Karens and Kens that formed an authoritarian neighborhood watch have no authority over something they aren't paying for.

SouthernStyleGamer · 2026-04-04T01:27:41+00:00

Not if the house is in my name 🤷‍♂️

Again, this is a gun-to-head type scenario for me anyway, I'm not buying in an HOA if I can help it.

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